[tomb of Countess Palatine Elisabeth of Simmern-Sponheim, Electress of Saxony] 1737
Engraving | 26.8 x 15.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 609253
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Engraving of the tomb of Countess Palatine Elisabeth of Simmern-Sponheim, Electress of Saxony. Half length effigy, lying recumbent in death, with cap, ruff, and gown. The figure is surrounded by coats of arms, with German inscriptions on cartouches above and below.
A plate from Thuringia sacra sive historia monasteriorum, quae olim in Thuringia floruerunt accedunt Samuelis Reyheri monumenta landgraviorum Thuringiae et marchionum Miniae (1737). For another copy of the same volume complete with 101 plates see RCIN 1021250. -
Medium and techniques
Engraving
Measurements
26.8 x 15.1 cm (sheet of paper)
25.7 x 14.2 cm (platemark)
25.2 x 14.6 cm (image)